Luis Estrada - Thief

Early this month, we had multiple orders placed back to back by a Luis Estrada in Merrillville, Indiana (46410). The orders were placed October 4th, 5th, and 6th (he ordered while previous shipments were in transit), and totalled just under $1,500. After a week or so had passed, I got an e-mail saying that one of the orders had been reversed by the customer's bank. I e-mailed asking if there was a problem with the tortoises, or what was going on. It was an unconfirmed address, so PayPal does not cover the seller (me) in this type of situation. I got no response to that e-mail or to a call (where during the purchase process, I got responses to both, and talked to him on the phone). The next day, another of the 3 purchases had been reversed. Again, no response out of him. Finally on this past Friday, the third of them had been reversed with no opportunity for me to give my defense as is normal with PayPal transactions (it was beyond PayPal's control). The packages were signed for when delivered, and Luis has completely ignored me since the packages shipped out. We are going to pursue him for justice (I don't think getting payment out of this bum is realistic, but I'll get justice if I don't get payment).

Luis Estrada is a user here on FaunaClassifieds, with the username of "Turtleman66." Here is a previous thread of his: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=147905

Funny how he puts up threads checking to see if someone is a scammer when he clearly is himself.

The payment info was a "Martha Varney" which the e-mail address plugged into Facebook makes me believe is his wife. Sadly, it also appears he has named at least 1 child after himself. Hopefully the kids grow up to be a better man than Luis is. E-Mail with these orders (which I initially got a response out of) was "piddycat@yahoo.com," and phone number was 219-791-0959. Anyone who is creating a "bad buyer" list might as well add this guy to it. Anyone looking for more specific information, feel free to contact me at tortoisesupply@gmail.com. I have no hesitation making him unable to get the animals he wants in the future.